Coloring board



Dec. l, 1953 c. H. LANNING 2,660,983

COLORING BOARD Filed sept. 23, 195o Patented Dec. 1, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT vOFFICE g Y 2,666,983 y l 'I COLORING BOARD Charles H. Lanning, Woodstock, Ill. Application September 23, 1950, Serial No. 186,350

This invention relates to a coloring board adaptable particularly for the use of children in the storing and using of colors or wax crayons, pencils, chalk and the like, the purpose of the board being to encourage the replacement of a crayon in a crayon holding pocket of the boardafter the crayon is used instead of leaving the crayons on a table where they can roll 01T or on the floor where they might be stepped One object of the invention is to provide a coloring board which can be manufactured vat relatively low cost'so as to sell for a reasonable price yet sturdy enough to withstand normal usage and last for a period of years.

Another object is to provide a coloring board -in which the crayons are stored in such manner that only one at a time is accessible, thus minimizing the possibility of spilling the crayons as when kept in a carton or other container.

A further object is to provide a readily operable means for selecting a desired crayon and permitting the removal of only one at a time from the coloring board to encourage the replacement of that crayon after it is used and before another crayon is selected for use.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my coloring board, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a coloring board embodying my present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof with the top n panel removed with the exception of the lower right corner thereof and side flanges of the top panel and corner pockets shown in section; and Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

On the accompanying drawing I have used the reference numeral I to indicate a bottom 1 Claim. (Cl. 1Z0-23) panel, I2 a ller and I4 a top panel. The panels II) and I4 may be made of cardboard or the like and the filler I2 of corrugated cardboard or other fibrous material of inexpensive'nature and all three parts together form a container. The top panel I4 is provided with marginal anges I6 turned down along the edges of the ller I2 to iinish off the container III--I2-I4 in a suitable manner. These parts may be spot glued or otherwise suitably secured together.

'Ihe nller I2 is of substantially the same rectangular outline as the panels I0 and I4 and 2' i is provided with a circular opening I3 cut therein. This arrangement provides a container for a crayon supporting diser|8 which may also be formed of corrugated cardboard or the like. The disc I8 has secured to the bottom surface thereof by spot gluing or the like, a bottom panel 20 and is provided with a plurality oi radially arranged slots 22 to -receive crayons 24. The panel 20 of the disc cooperates with 'the slots 22 to form crayon receivingl pockets and serves to support the crayons against rubbing on the panel I0 when the disc I8 is rotated. y e

The disc I8 and the panel 20V are provided with a central opening I9 in which is mounted a somewhat smaller and slightly thicker disc 2| to serve as a journal on which the disc I8 rotates. A cover disc 26 is mounted above the disc 2l and may be glued thereto if desired. The entire assembly of panel I0, disc 2l, and disc 26 are then secured together by a tubular rivet 28 having the head on its upper end against the disc 26 and its lower end expanded into a sheet metal cap 30 as shown in Figure 3.

The top panel I4 covers the head of the rivet and the rivet when in position bites into the disc 26 and the panel I0 and is made of relatively thin sheet metal which of necessity is shown exaggerated in thickness in Figure 3 so that projection beyond the upper surface of the disc 26 and the lower surface of the panel I0 is not objectionable.

The top panel I4 is provided with a T-shaped slot having an arcuate portion 32 and a radial portion 34. Any one of the crayon holding slots or pockets 22 may be registered with the radial portion 34 and the two adjacent slots 22 will then occupy positions adjacent the ends of the arcuate slot 32 as shown in Figure l and by dotand-dash lines in Figure 2.

Triangular reinforcing pockets 36V of plastic material or any suitable material to resist damaging the corners of the coloring board when it is accidentally dropped are provided as illustrated at 3B. These may be glued or otherwise secured in position with the exception of their top flanges 31 which are loose so that one or more sheets of paper 38 or a coloring book may be inserted thus providing a convenient holding means for the material being colored.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be noted that a color design has been applied to the top of the disc I8. Various colors are indicated such as green, orange, purple, etc. and these are applied in a spiral pattern to the disc I8 for the purpose of indicating the appropriate positions 3 for various colors and for notifying the user as the wheel is rotated as to which colors come next from the right or left.

In use, when a desired color is not registered with the radial portion 34 of the T-shaped slot 32-34, a finger or crayon may be inserted in the slot 22 appearing either to the left or right of the center slot for rotating the color holding disc I8 either clockwise or counter-clockwise as desired. This is 'a convenient arrangement for rotating the 'disc so that a desired crayonbeco'ine's available and at the same time protecting all but one of the crayons against removal either interi-'- tionally or accidentally. I have found thatthe coloring board disclosed soon teaches a child to keep his crayons properly contained in the crayon holding disc and thus neatly out of the way both during use and when not in use.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my coloring board without departing from thereal spirit and purpose of my` invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim any modified forms ofzstructure ,orl use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within its scope.

Lol-aim as my invention: n l .s Innavrdevice ofthecharacter disclosed, a container having a cover, a Ycrayon supporting di-sc rotatable in saidY container and provided with a pluralityA of radially disposed equally spaced pocketsadapted to contain therein an assortment of crayons, said container cover having a T-shaped opening formed therein with the leg portion of said T-shaped opening disposed radially of the axis of rotation of the disc and of such width that only a selected one of said pockets may be aligned therewith for withdrawal of a single crayon therefrom through said leg portion, the arm portions of said T-shaped opening being arcuate, and the length of said arm portions of said T-shaped opening being such as to expose at all times a portion of at least two of said radially disposed pockets whicha're not aligned with said leg portion of the T-shapd opening, said arm portions of the T-shaped opening permitting insrtion of a disc revolving member therethrough for engagement with said disc to cause said disc to rotate to bring another single crayon into positin aligned' with said leg portion of the Tashaped opening.

CHARLES H. LANNING.

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